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Waiāriki
Waiariki is a New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorate that was established for the , replacing the Te Tai Rawhiti electorate. It is currently held by Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi, who won it in the 2020 and 2023 general elections. Waiariki was an important electorate in the 2020 election as Waititi's win allowed the Māori Party to re-enter parliament with two MPs, despite not reaching the 5% party vote threshold needed for parties without an electorate seat. Population centres The electorate includes the following population centres: * Tauranga * Whakatāne * Rotorua * Taupō In the 2013/14 redistribution, a minor boundary adjustment was undertaken. A small area, including the village of Tuai, was transferred to Waiariki from the electorate. Tribal areas The electorate includes the following tribal areas: * Waitaha-Nui-ā-Hei *Ngāti Ranginui *Ngāi Te Rangi *Te Arawa *Ngāti Awa *Ngāi Tūhoe *Whakatōhea *Ngāi Tai *Te Whānau-ā-Apanui *Ngāti Kahungunu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Pāti Māori
(), also known as the Māori Party, is a left-wing political party in New Zealand advocating Māori people, Māori rights. With the exception of a handful of New Zealand electorates#Electorates in the 53rd Parliament, general electorates, contests the reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. Under the current leadership of Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, it promotes the following policies: the upholding of , the dismantling of structural discrimination in New Zealand, systemic racism, and the strengthening of the minority rights, rights and promised in . The party is also committed to a mixture of democratic socialism, socially progressive and green politics, green policy through a "Treaty of Waitangi, -centric" lens. This includes eradicating Goods and Services Tax (New Zealand), Goods and Services Tax on food, opposing Deep Sea Drilling Project, deep sea drilling, organising and funding a Māori Health Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
